Awareness Raising - under construction
NDRAC is able to provide a variety of resources and information to help promote the rights of people with disabilities and break down the attitudinal barriers that exist in our society.Government policies are in place to promote social inclusion within their communities and allow PWDs to access mainstream services and facilities. This can only happen if communities, services providers and institutions recognise that people with disability have the same right to achieve their personal goals and ambitions as the rest of the community.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2008, which Papua New Guinea ratified in 2012, obliges governments to implement policies to realise and protect these rights. The convention recognises that the exclusion of people with disabilities in deeper and more complex than creating inclusive policies. Exclusion of PWDs is maintained by the attitudes of individuals, communities and institutions and these must be broken down in order for policies to be implemented and to succeed.
Attitudinal barriers are one of the main impediments to improving the life chances of people with disability, not only the attitudes of employers, health professionals or service providers. These attitudinal barriers are not always outright discrimination but they can originate for the perception that people with disability are in need of care or are lesser people who do not fit into ‘normal’ society and need help within special institutions.
It is important that these attitudes are challenged and replaced with recognition that people with disability are full and equal citizens. NDRAC believes that the media has an important role to play in this.
Attitudes and perceptions of people with disability has a great affect on their inclusion in daily activities in their communities, from sport to local decision making. Examples of negative attitudes towards people with disability include derogatory stereotypes, beliefs that people with disability have a lesser position in society or that they have a diminished capacity to contribute due to their impairment. Holding such attitudes leads people to maintain social distance from people with disability and exclude them from their social networks.
In order to help break down the attitudinal barriers NDRAC is:
Working closely with National and Local media to promote the rights of PWDs.
Developing a range of awareness raising material to be used by communities and institutions across the country.
Developing documentaries for radio and television about people with disabilities.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2008, which Papua New Guinea ratified in 2012, obliges governments to implement policies to realise and protect these rights. The convention recognises that the exclusion of people with disabilities in deeper and more complex than creating inclusive policies. Exclusion of PWDs is maintained by the attitudes of individuals, communities and institutions and these must be broken down in order for policies to be implemented and to succeed.
Attitudinal barriers are one of the main impediments to improving the life chances of people with disability, not only the attitudes of employers, health professionals or service providers. These attitudinal barriers are not always outright discrimination but they can originate for the perception that people with disability are in need of care or are lesser people who do not fit into ‘normal’ society and need help within special institutions.
It is important that these attitudes are challenged and replaced with recognition that people with disability are full and equal citizens. NDRAC believes that the media has an important role to play in this.
Attitudes and perceptions of people with disability has a great affect on their inclusion in daily activities in their communities, from sport to local decision making. Examples of negative attitudes towards people with disability include derogatory stereotypes, beliefs that people with disability have a lesser position in society or that they have a diminished capacity to contribute due to their impairment. Holding such attitudes leads people to maintain social distance from people with disability and exclude them from their social networks.
In order to help break down the attitudinal barriers NDRAC is:
Working closely with National and Local media to promote the rights of PWDs.
Developing a range of awareness raising material to be used by communities and institutions across the country.
Developing documentaries for radio and television about people with disabilities.
Resources
PUBLICATIONS
LEAFLETS
RADIO JINGLES
VIDEOS
Disability work in Eastern Highlands
If YouTube clip does not download, follow this link - Disability work in Eastern Highlands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzNVuLUGLpM
LEAFLETS
RADIO JINGLES
VIDEOS
Disability work in Eastern Highlands
If YouTube clip does not download, follow this link - Disability work in Eastern Highlands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzNVuLUGLpM
My Story: Benjamin Taligu - End the Cycle of Poverty and Disability